SCHEDULE FOR LETTUCE JAMBOREE (Some speakers provisional) Wednesday – Friday, Sept. 28-30. Annotation course. 4202 GBSF. Monday, Oct. 3 9.00 - 9.30 Organizational meeting. 4202 GBSF. 9.30 – 10.30 Status of lettuce genetics and genomics. Richard Michelmore. 4202 GBSF. 10.30 - 11.30 Sequencing & assembling the lettuce genome. Zhiwen Wang. 4202 GBSF. 11.30 – 12.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF. 1.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. 6.00 – 7.30 Dinner: Signature dishes from the Michelmore Lab. 4202 GBSF. Tuesday, Oct. 4. 9.00 - 10.00 Quality assessment of genome assemblies and quality control on sequencing reads. Joe Fass. 4202 GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review*. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Wednesday, Oct. 5. 9.00 - 10.00 RNAseq analysis. Monica Britten and Vince Buffalo. 4202 GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Thursday, Oct. 6. 9.00 - 9.20 Artichoke genetics and genomics. Davide Scaglione. 4202 GBSF. 9.20 – 10.00 Repeat analysis pipeline. Damien Peltier. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Friday, Oct. 7. 9.00 – 10.00 GALAXY demo. Joe Fass. 4202 GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Saturday Oct. 8th. Train trip to San Francisco. Juliana Gill. Sunday Oct. 9th. Sierras: Murphys, Calaveras Big Trees Park. Maria-Jose Truco and Dave Smart. Monday, Oct. 10 9.00 – 10.00 Daily review. SW fourth floor gathering area 10.00 – 11.00 SNP discovery and use. Dave Caldwell. 6202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Tuesday, Oct. 11. (RWM away) 9.00 – 10.00. MAUVE. Aaron Darling. 4202 GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Wednesday, Oct. 12 9.00 – 5.00. Comparative genomics workshop. Auditorium GBSF. 6.00 – 9.30. Wine tasting, winery tour, and reception. Dave Smart. Robert Mondavi Food and Wine Institute. Sponsored by Rijk Zwaan. Thursday, Oct. 13. 9.00 - 11.00 Phylogenetic analyses. Katie Caldwell. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Friday, Oct. 14. 9.00 - 10.00 Syntenic comparisons. Lutz Freonicke. 4202 GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Saturday, Oct. 15th. Train trip to Sacramento Old Town. Alex Kozik. Sunday, Oct. 16th. Wine tasting In Napa. Bertrand Perroud and Joan Wong. Monday, Oct. 17. (IK away) 9.00 - 10.00 CoGe and iPlant. Eric Lyons. Auditorium GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. Auditorium GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Tuesday, Oct. 18. 9.00 - 10.00 Function prediction tools. Dawei Lin, 4202 GBSF. 10.00 - 11.00 Daily review. 4202 GBSF. 11.00 – 5.00 Gene annotation. SW fourth floor lab, GBSF. Wednesday, Oct. 19. 9.00 - 11.00 Wrap up. Auditorium, GBSF. 1.00 - 5.00 LGSC mtg. (private). 4202 GBSF. Thursday, Oct. 20. All day. Compositae Whitepaper Meeting. Auditorium GBSF. * Note: the daily review sessions will probably not run as long as shown. The times show the length of time that the room is booked.